A question asked at the just right time by Wendy Barriball of her sister Lucy Gilmour crystallised musings of a business venture that both sisters had been harbouring. It took just months for those musings to become reality and RecruitAbility was born. Two visions in purple arrive. The cufflinks, the jewellery, the pullover, the clipboard – all purple. These ladies look like they mean business. They are walking and talking their brand. These ladies turn out to be Wendy Barriball and her sister Lucy Gilmour, founders of RecuitAbility, described on their website as an ‘independent generalist agency specialising in Essex…

Thitiya ‘Joy’ Sookphanich opened her first Thai restaurant in Hertfordshire after divorcing her husband, eight years ago. Her story is an inspirational one for any woman who harbours an entrepreneurial dream… An extension of the chain that began with award-winning Pu’s Brasserie in Holborn, Hertford’s Baan Thitiya restaurant is an authentic slice of Thai within the East Hertfordshire community. Three years ago, buoyed with Hertford’s success, Joy created a second Baan Thitiya restaurant on London Road, Bishop’s Stortford.